Another piece of research seeking to understand why utilization patterns vary even within a geographic area.
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Bundled episode payments for orthopedic and other surgical procedures negotiated directly with providers saved employers and employees a fair amount of money.
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The epidemic is on the downslide, but not the onslaught of research summaries.
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Hope all of you can come out tonight around 6:30, the Crystal VFW 5222 Bass Lake Rd. I will deliver a few remarks and we will all just be happy to be socializing like normal humans and have some fun.
An updated look at the case rates in vaxed and unvaxed persons for hospitalizations and deaths, following the Omicron wave.
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Two years of bad policy; no apologies likely forthcoming.
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No weekend would be complete without a few CV-19 research summaries.
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A digression, or rather return, to my health care research roots.
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Still interesting and informative research coming out, so I will continue to summarize it for a while.
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Another update on breakthrough events as reported as a weekly proportion.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.